Karnataka to vote for new House May 5

The Election Commission said Wednesday that elections to the Karnataka Assembly will be held on May 5. Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said the polls will be in a single phase, and counting will be on May 8. The model code comes into force “with immediate effect”, he said at a press conference here. The election notification will be issued on April 4, and the last date for filing nominations is April 17. Scrutiny will be over the next day, and April 20 is the last date for withdrawals.

*** Pakistan to hold polls on may 11 Shafqat Ali Islamabad, March 20

Pakistan will hold its general election on May 11, a spokesman for President Asif Ali Zardari announced on Wednesday, marking the first-ever transfer of power from an elected government to another in Pakistan’s chequered democratic history. The Paskistan Election Commission will set the schedule for the polls in the next two days.